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Fresh sour cream cucumber salad sprinkled with garlic and paprika, served in a white bowl.
Fresh cucumber salad with garlicky sour cream and paprika, perfect summer side.

Hungarian cucumber salad with sour cream

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Salads
No Sunday schnitzel or chicken paprikash is complete without cucumber salad. This dish is about freshness and crunch. The key is 'sweating': using salt to draw out the cucumber's excess water content, so the sour cream dressing remains creamy and doesn't get watered down, while the cucumber stays flexible and crisp, not spongy.
🕒 Prep Time 10 mins
⌛ Total Time 25 mins
🍽️ Servings 5 servings
🔥 Calories 80 kcal
🌍 Cuisine Hungarian

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Cucumber slicer or mandoline
  • Large bowl

Allergen Information

⚠️ Milk

Instructions

1 ✓

Wash the cucumber (peeling is not strictly necessary) and slice thinly using a mandoline.

Tip: Thin slices have a larger surface area to contact the salt and flavours.
2 ✓

Sprinkle with salt, toss, and let stand for 15 minutes. You will see it release liquid.

Tip: Salt draws water out of cells via osmosis. If you skip this, your sour cream will become watery. [Water extraction]
3 ✓

Squeeze the cucumber thoroughly by hand. Discard the juice (or drink it, it's full of vitamins!).

Tip: Don't be afraid to squeeze hard; the cucumber can take it.
4 ✓

Mix the vinegar, crushed garlic, pepper (and sugar) with the sour cream, then fold in the cucumber.

Tip: Grate the garlic so the flavour is distributed everywhere.
5 ✓

Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving to let flavours meld.

Tip: It's best served cold!

Recipe FAQ

Why did it turn bitter?
The end of the cucumber is sometimes bitter. Taste it before slicing, and if needed, cut more off the end.
How long does it keep?
1-2 days in the fridge, but it's crispest when fresh.

Ingredients

  • 2 pcs Cucumber (Snake/English cucumber)
  • 200 ml Sour cream (20%)
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 0.5 tsp Ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp Vinegar (10%)
  • 1 tsp Sugar (optional, to taste)